Henry



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H. C. FRANK.

GUPP HOLDER.

No. 873,556. Patented Nov. 22, 1887.

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NITED STATES HENRY- C. FRANK, OF NEV YORK, N. Y.

CUFF-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION' forming part o Letters Patent No. 373,556, dated November 22, 1887.

(No model.)

To (LZZ when?, it may concern:

Beit known that I, HENRY C. FRANK, of New York city, in the State of New York,F have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Cuff-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

The invention is intended more particularly for holding gentlemens cuffs by engaging one part in one of the innermostbutton-holes, While the outer button-holes hold the cuff together by any ordinary or suitable euff-button, and the other portion of the fastener taking hold of the shirt-sleeve at the edge of the ordinary opening a little above the cuff. I will describe it as thus applied; but some of these points may be varied. I employ a short length of flexible cord or `chain with a strong hook of dat metal at one end, connected by the chain to the springclasp engaging with the shirt. The bight77 of the hook is peculiarly formed to insure its being again automatically engaged, even if the hook is by any ordinary or extraordinary force thrust endwise so as to temporarily lose its hold 0n the cuff.

The accompanying drawings form a part of this specification and represent what I consider the best means of carrying out the invention.

Figure lis a general perspective view showing the device in use holding a cuff to the sleeve of a shirt. The remaining figures are on a larger scale. Fig. 2 is a corresponding or face view of the device detached. Fig. 3 is an edge View of the hoolcportion alone. Fig. t is a longitudinal seetion of the hook as it is engaged in a button-hole. The remaining figures show modifications. Fig. 5 is a face view ofthe clasp formed with a lip to receive the chain. Fig. 5a is a corresponding cross-section on the lineman in Fig. 5. Fig. 6 shows a modification in which the chain is attached to an eye formed on the rivet or axis of the clasp.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures where they occur.

A is a portion of the shirt-sleeve and B an ordinary cuff having button-holes b, which receive anordinary cuff-button, C. @ne of the buttonholes on the other edge receives a hook, D, certain portions of which will be designated, when necessary, by additional marks,

as D. A chain, E, connects this hook with a spring-clasp, G, composed of two parts with a connecting-rivet and actuating-spring. I can, if preferred, in any case use the clasp set forth in the patent to me dated June G, 1882, No. 259,002, and in such case either end may be engaged with either edge of the shirt presented to the opening, or both ends can be thus engaged; but, for simplicity, it is sufficient to use a single clasp, and I will vrepresent it as such. The teeth ofthe clasp take a rm hold of the fabric and maintain it by the spring. The clasp may be instantly set free by simply pinching together' the outer ends.

The hook D is formed of strong and elastic metal. I have in my experiments used hard brass, about No. 25. The main body is flat, with a hole at one end for engaging with the chain E. rIhe other end is bent sharply to or near a right angle with` the body D, forming an offset, as indicated by D. Thenee, and after extending but a little more than the thickness of a cuff, the metal again extends onward nearlyin the direction of the main body D, as indicated by D2. Extending thus a little way it is completely folded upon itself and returns in the form of a spring-arm, D3, extending beyond the offset D and having its free end deflected toward the body. It terminates in a slight curvature outward or from the body. The elasticity of the spring-arm D3, and also of the metal D2 and D', is available to allow the hook to be drawn upon and engaged with, the portion ofthe cuff immediately adjacent to the button-hole. Vhen thus placed, the bight or fold d lies outside of the cuff. The pressure of the springarm D3, clamping the cuff between itself and the body D, will hold the hook against anyslight force tending to disengage it; but in any possible ease that the hook may be momentarily disengaged by avigorous rnbbing of the sleeve against any object or other sufiicient force the fact that the bight d lies always outside of the cuff and above the hutten-hole insures that the hook shall, on being thrust out of place, move on the outer and not on the inner face of the cuff, and that so soon as the conditions allow the chain to again eX- ert its tension and move the hook back again' the springarm D will again engage the cuff, as before.

Modifications may be made without depart IOO ing from the principle or sacrificing the advantages of the invention. I have shown the spring-arm D3 and the adjacent portion D2 as narrower than the body D, and prefer to give such form to the parts; but this is not absolutely essential. Itissufcient that the springarrn be narrow enough to be received in the button-hole. If the main body is Wider than the arm, it Will maintain its plane condition Without appreciable springing, all of the elastie yielding being done by the spring-arm D3. If the' body D is no Wider than the springarm, it will contribute its own elasticity to that of the spring-arm and of the parts Dl- D, so that the whole will yield when the hook is engaged on a cuff. The bight d should be so much beyond the offset D' as will effectually i lock the hook against the bight, being urged through the button-hole by ordinary action; but when it is desired to remove it the wearer ean easily push the bight through the buttonhole and then easily disengage it.

I claim as my inventionM 1. In a cufflholder, in combination with a clasp adapted to engage with the shirt-sleeve, and a flexible chain or cord, a hook having an oset and an extension beyond the offset, so as to be locked and unlocked by passing the bight or fold through the button-hole in one HENRY G. FRANK.

Witnesses:

M. F. BoYLE, H. A. JoHNsToNE. 

